Monday, February 23, 2009

Happy Monday! Thanks to everyone who played along with us last week! This week we've got a layer-licious sketch to get your week started off with a bang.

To play along, just make a project using the provided sketch. Upload it to your blog or online gallery and leave a link using the Mr. Linky form at the bottom of this post, so we can come check out your creation. There is no time limit - you can always play any week at any time, but I will close Mr. Linky on Sunday night at 8:00pm. That way there's no confusion which Mr. Linky is the current one. If you upload to online galleries, please use keyword/tag MOJO75.

Mr. Linky Note: Please be sure to link directly to the url where we can view/comment on your creation. If you're linking to a blog, to get the full link for your post just click the title of the post you want to link to and copy and paste the url in the address bar into the Mr. Linky form. Your link should start with http:// and if you're using Blogger and have done the link correctly, it should end in .html.

Links are closed for this week. If you've played along after the deadline, please leave the url in a comment.

Monday, February 16, 2009

Happy Monday! Thanks to all who participated in last week's contest! We're back with another sketch to jumpstart your mojo this week, so let's get to it.

To play along, just make a project using the provided sketch. Upload it to your blog or online gallery and leave a link using the Mr. Linky form at the bottom of this post, so we can come check out your creation. There is no time limit - you can always play any week at any time, but I will close Mr. Linky on Sunday night at 8:00pm. That way there's no confusion which Mr. Linky is the current one. If you upload to online galleries, please use keyword/tag MOJO74.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Wow! This month's contest entries were OFF...THE...HOOK! I was blown away by the 300+ entries, and have spent much of the last week (and almost all of the last 24 hours - nothing like procrastination when making hard decisions, eh?), checking out your fabulous creations and making my final decisions. What a hard thing to judge so many gorgeous cards! I've done a whole lot of waffling back and forth, but I've finally narrowed it down to two winners.A big mojo-licious congrats to...

Nikki with this gorgeous creation! It's pure, sweet confection with all sorts of sugar coating. I can't help but smile when I look at this card with it's beautiful colors, images and embellishments. Beautiful from top to bottom.

Tricia with this beautiful creation. I love all the fantastic layers on this card, and the cascading pansies are just breathtaking. There's the perfect amount of glow to the sentiment, and the ribbon and embellishments finish it off perfectly.

Congrats Nikki and Tricia! Email me with your choice of any Verve Stamps set/s (up to $24 value) and your shipping address and I'll get your prize in the mail!

Thanks again to everyone who participated!You all totally rock and it was such fun peeking into all your blogs/galleries! Here's a slide show of the entries, I put my top 20 faves (in no particular order) at the start of the show, then everyone else is in numerical order by their Mr. Linky number from the contest entry post.

Monday, February 9, 2009

Happy Monday! Thanks to all who participated in last week's contest! If you're running behind, you still have until noon (Mountain) today to get your entries in. We've got another sketch to jumpstart your mojo, so let's get to it.

To play along, just make a project using the provided sketch. Upload it to your blog or online gallery and leave a link using the Mr. Linky form at the bottom of this post, so we can come check out your creation. There is no time limit - you can always play any week at any time, but I will close Mr. Linky on Sunday night at 8:00pm. That way there's no confusion which Mr. Linky is the current one. If you upload to online galleries, please use keyword/tag MOJO73.

Monday, February 2, 2009

Welcome to a new month at Mojo Monday! For those just tuning in, we post a new sketch challenge each Monday, and on the first Monday of each month we do a contest. That means it's CONTEST TIME!!! :) Are y'all ready for a little Mojo Madness?

How to enter: Use the sketch to create a project and then post a link to your creation in the Mr. Linky form at the bottom of this post. If you're linking to a blog, make sure it links directly to the post where we can view/comment on your creation, and not just to your general blog link.

Deadline: Monday, February 9 at Noon Mountain Time

Prize: This is a judged contest, so my two favorite entries will each win their choice of any Verve Stamps set (up to $24)!

The winners will be announced on Wednesday, February 11. Sound like fun? Well, let's get started! If you upload your cards to online galleries, please use keyword/tag Mojo72 (no space between Mojo and 72). As always, you can use any stamps or products your heart desires. Just have fun and show us how mojolicious you are!

Before I get to the creations from the Mojo Makers, I thought I'd post the link to the January 2009 Sketchbook. I've had lots of questions about where you can go to download just the sketches. Over the past year I've had many not-so-nice emails and anonymous comments about my not updating the master file of sketches frequently enough. And since these files take quite a bit of time to format and I do this all in my very rare patches of free time, in between running a business by myself, I have decided to no longer offer the sketches in a master PDF file. Instead, on the first Monday of each month I will link a PDF of the previous month's sketches. The links will remain in the sidebar, so you can print each month individually. I will not be going back and adding any of the previous sketches from 2007-2008. You can see a flickR slideshow of all previous sketches by clicking the link in the sidebar.

And now for the fabulous Mojo Maker creations. Click the link below each picture to visit that designer's blog.